Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway Co. v. Barker
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Lonoke Circuit Court. lion. John Hallum, Special Judge. 1. Sec. 21, article 7, Constitution, is a statutory power of appointment, and must be strictly construed. Not more than one special judge can be elected at a time. The election of one exhausts the power.
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APPEAL from Lonoke Circuit Court. lion. John Hallum, Special Judge. 1. Sec. 21, article 7, Constitution, is a statutory power of appointment, and must be strictly construed. Not more than one special judge can be elected at a time. The election of one exhausts the power. Commissioners v. Nichols, Ip Ohio St., 260; Fst. of Tichnor, 13 Mich., Iplp; Andover (Jo. v. Gauld, 6 Mass., IpO, 7Ip; Franklin Gas Co. v. White, Up Mass., 285,9; Field v. The People, 3 111., 79; Cantrell v. Owens, Up Md., 215. 2. There was no evidence of auy such carelessness, negligence, wantonness or intentional disregard…
1Opinion of the CourtEnglish, C. J.
I. This case has been here before, and is reported in 33 Ark., 350, etc. The judgment was reversed on that appeal, and the cause remanded for a new trial. There was a new trial, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs, and defendant again appealed. The clerk of the court below, in making out the transcript on this appeal, has copied into it the opinion of this court rendered in the former appeal, a copy of which was sent down with the mandate of reversal, as a guide to the court below, in its subsequent proceedings in the cause.
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